The Asian Poker Tour (APT) launched official APT Leaderboards on October 7, 2026, ranking every player who has competed in the Tour’s “New Era” by winnings, titles, cashes and more. Thailand’s Punnat Punsri tops the all-time winnings list with USD 1,411,477, ahead of Taiwan’s Nevan Chang (USD 1,299,051) and India’s Nishant Sharma (USD 1,248,891), according to the APT’s announcement.
Each player now has a profile that pulls together their APT results in one place. The APT says the boards will be updated after each festival ends, once results are processed, so every cash, final table and title at upcoming stops will move the rankings.
Who leads the APT Leaderboards?
The APT Leaderboards are split into six rankings, and Asian players lead most of them. The leaders as published by the APT:
- Winnings: Punnat Punsri (Thailand) USD 1,411,477; Nevan Chang (Taiwan) USD 1,299,051; Nishant Sharma (India) USD 1,248,891.
- Titles: a four-way tie on 10 titles between Australia’s Mark Furniss and Jarryd Godena, Taiwan’s Li Ta Hsu and China’s Yang Lu. The APT notes Furniss was the first of the New Era to reach double figures, and that most of the four’s titles came in games other than No Limit Hold’em.
- Cashes: Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung with 77, Nevan Chang with 67 and Hong Kong’s Horace Leung with 54. Five of the top ten on this list are from Hong Kong.
- Mega Lions (APT Main Event, Super High Roller and High Roller): Singapore’s Abraham Ceesvin, the APT Jeju 2025 Main Event champion, leads with 9 Main Event cashes and four final tables. No player has yet won a second Mega Lion trophy.
- High Roller (all non-turbo High Rollers, including the Superstar and Baby Superstar Challenges): Calvin Lee USD 1,226,145; Punnat Punsri USD 951,811; Australia’s Daniel Neilson USD 942,627.
- Women’s: Hikaru Hishinuma USD 286,846; China’s Lili Tang USD 270,526; Russia’s Natalia Rozova USD 245,397. This board counts results from all APT events, not just ladies’ tournaments.
Further down the winnings table on the APT’s live leaderboard page (last updated October 7, 2026), the Philippines has two players in the top ten: John Niko Costiniano in sixth with USD 1,138,949 and Lester Edoc in eighth with USD 1,042,494.
Is the No. 1 spot about to change hands?
Nevan Chang could overtake Punnat Punsri for first place on the winnings board soon. The APT says Chang’s win in the Superstar Challenge at APT Jeju 2026 is set to push him to number one once the Jeju results are added, unless Punsri added enough of his own before the festival ended.
Nishant Sharma’s place in the top three shows how much one event can move the rankings. Sharma won the inaugural APT Championship Main Event in 2025 for USD 1,186,880, almost all of his total, and the APT points out that another Championship is still to come this year.
When is the next chance to climb the rankings?
The next stop where players can move up the APT Leaderboards is the APT Championship 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, from November 13 to 29, 2026. The APT lists more than TWD 260 million (about USD 8 million) in guarantees across 23 Championship Events. Our APT Championship 2026 guide covers the Main Event, seats and costs, and the Asian Poker Tour 2026 guide lists every stop. Upcoming dates are also on the PSR poker events calendar.
The APT describes the boards as a lasting record of the players shaping its New Era. For regulars from Manila, Bangkok, Taipei and Hong Kong, there is now a public scoreboard to chase as well as trophies.